Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014

Re-arrest in case of match of DNA profiles

166. The reference to a member of the Garda Síochána not below the rank of superintendent in each of the provisions specified in column (3) of the Table to this section of the enactments specified in column (2) of that Table shall be construed as a reference to a member of the Garda Síochána not below the rank of inspector if the reason or one of the reasons for seeking the arrest of the person concerned for—

(a) the offence in relation to which he or she was detained under section 30 of the Act of 1939, section 4 of the Act of 1984, section 2 of the Act of 1996 or section 50 of the Act of 2007, as the case may be, or

(b) any other offence of which, at the time of the first arrest, the member of the Garda Síochána by whom he or she was arrested suspected, or ought reasonably to have suspected, him or her of having committed,

is that the Garda Síochána have, since the person’s release, obtained the results of the forensic testing of a sample taken under the Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence) Act 1990 or otherwise or under Part 2 from the person while he or she was detained under section 30 of the Act of 1939, section 4 of the Act of 1984, section 2 of the Act of 1996 or section 50 of the Act of 2007, as the case may be, and those results indicate a match of the person’s DNA profile with a DNA profile generated from a sample taken from the crime scene in respect of the offence for which the arrest of the person is sought.

Table

Number and Year

(1)

Short Title

(2)

Provision amended

(3)

No. 13 of 1939

Offences Against the State Act 1939

Section 30A(1).

No. 22 of 1984

Criminal Justice Act 1984

Section 10(1).

No. 29 of 1996

Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996

Section 4(1).

No. 29 of 2007

Criminal Justice Act 2007

Section 51(1).